6 Movies Starring Gèsta Ekman

Swedenhielms Family

Swedenhielms Family

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1935-09-05

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (143 Reviews)

Director:

Gustaf Molander

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hjalmar Bergman (novel)

Stina Bergman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Swedenhielms is an old aristocratic family. The head of the family is professor Rolf Swedenhielm. His three children Bo, Julia and Rolf Jr also live in the house. They also have an excellent house maid, Boman. Because of the family's extravagance, they are heading for bankruptcy. But perhaps their problems would be solved if Rolf was awarded the Nobel Prize?

The Man Who Quit Smoking

The Man Who Quit Smoking

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-12-16

Languages:

French, Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (806 Reviews)

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Tage Danielsson (novel)

Tage Danielsson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Young Dante Alighieri inherits 17 million from his father the sausage maker on one condition - he has to give up smoking in 14 days. But the days go on and he simply can't quit. He hires a detective agency to physically stop him. He has an uncle, who inherits the money if Dante fails, and the uncle tries to keep him smoking.

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-03-17

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (539 Reviews)

Director:

Hans Alfredson

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Alfredson (novel)

Hans Alfredson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Adventures of Picasso

The Adventures of Picasso

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-05-20

Languages:

Swedish, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, French, Finnish, English, Russian

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2227 Reviews)

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Alfredson

Tage Danielsson

Fullplot:

Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso show talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is discovered by a rich American millionaire and starts to earn money. But he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets the famous people of the 1920s: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler and Churchill.

A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-12-25

Languages:

English, Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Greece

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (107 Reviews)

Director:

Hans Dahlberg

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Stig Claesson (novel)

Bibi Edlund

Fullplot:

En pè miljonen

En pè miljonen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-08-25

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (699 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Torsten Sèdergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbors before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But one day he is fired from his work after twenty years of loyal service. Now he is prepared to do anything to get it back...

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